Mild earthquake in Meghalaya

However, no loss of life or damage to property has been reported so
far. The quake measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale rocked the two Khasi
Hills district at 9:46 AM, officials at the regional seismological
centre here said.

The
tremor had its epicentre 5 km underneath the earth crust and was traced
to have triggered at latitude 25.6 degrees North and longitude 91.7
degrees East, it said.

Meghalaya
and the rest of north eastern states fall under seismic Zone V,
identified as very highly active seismological plate in the earthquake
map of the country.